| Sampling Factors: |
Location (Not Relevant: All projects located in Zhengzhou office)
Customer (Not Relevant: All customers are enternal train companys but customers do not affect the process context as all projects follow the same set of organizational processes.)
Size (Not Relevant: Size does not affect the process context as all projects follow the same organizational standard set of processes.)
Organizational Structure (Not Relevant: All projects are developed under the same organisation structure in the Research & Development Center.)
Type of Work (Not Relevant: All projects are software development using the waterfall lifecycle. All projects are for train management system and follow the same set of organizational processes.)
Software Development Projects: All projects are software development and follow the same organisational set of processes |
| Sampling Factor Values: |
Software Projects (Software Development Projects): All projects developed in the Research & Development Center
Null (Software Development Projects): Added to allow single sub-group entry |
| Subgroups: |
Software Projects: Software projects developed in the Research & Development Center
40 People, 3 Basic Units
– Software Projects |